Date: Wed, 19 Aug 1998 11:49:47 -0500
Reply-To: ray.wei@US.PWCGLOBAL.COM
Sender: Vanagon Mailing List <Vanagon@vanagon.com>
From: Yi-Ruey Wei <ray.wei@US.PWCGLOBAL.COM>
Subject: Re: Power steering rack seals shot
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I'm NOT trying to "mislead" people (like our President did) to buy more
expensive VW PS fluid. Besides, it's NOT expensive if you compare how much
you have to pay ($500 for new, $420 rebuild) for a new/rebuild power
steering rack. And it's NOT like VW coolant you need to replace it very so
often (but the manual said it's a permanent coolant! ). I bought a $20
1-liter metal can (Since people were asking, it's called VW/Audi "Oil for
Hydraulic System and Power Assisted Steering", VW #G002000, made in
Germany. Audi dealers charge more for the same PS "oil". There is a
cheaper 12 fl.oz. bottle too. ) 5 years ago and still don't have a chance
to use it. My thinking was that the ATF is designed for automatic
transmissions and if there is a PS oil designed specifically for (VW) power
steering, why not use it. As I mentioned before, Audi used to have
infamous steering rack leaking problem caused by people adding regular PS
fluid or ATF and those were not friendly to the Audi rack seals. Even
though Audi is not VW, but they are sister companies and they may use same
vendors to make power steering racks. I just don't want risk the expensive
PS rack to mix the original VW PS oil with ATF or regular American made PS
fluid which may caused the early failure on the seals.
Regards,
Yi-Ruey Wei
87 Vanagon GL Syncro w/78K miles
85 Jetta GLI w/165K miles
Dallas, TX.
EMZ <vw4x4@FYI.NET> on 08/18/98 05:16:05 PM
Please respond to EMZ <vw4x4@FYI.NET>
To: Vanagon@VANAGON.COM
cc:
Subject: Re: Power steering rack seals shot
Kids these days!
When I see someone missleading the list I'm just going to hammer them!
On Tue, 18 Aug 1998, Yi-Ruey Wei wrote:
> Kevin,
(snip)
> have had leaks at steering rack for a while (may be you have broken
boots?)
> and that's why your fluid were all gone. By adding the 'off the shelf'
ps
> fluid make it worse.
" And DO NOT USE ATF Dexron. "
This is totally wrong! ATF is what I have been using for years. It
has never been a problem. My 2 wheel drive Vanagon had 130,000 miles
on It without a leak! Flushed the system at 40,000 miles.
Let not miss lead people....It's expensive!
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